ARTICLE 5. Declared Homesteads

Article 5 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2.

§§ 704.910–704.995 · 11 sections

• § 704.910 As used in this article: (a) “Declared homestead” means the dwelling described in a homestead declaration. (b) “Declared homestead owner” includes both of the…
• § 704.920 A dwelling in which an owner or spouse of an owner resides may be selected as a declared homestead pursuant to this article by recording a homestead…
• § 704.930 (a) A homestead declaration recorded pursuant to this article shall contain all of the following: (1) The name of the declared homestead owner. Spouses both…
• § 704.940 A homestead declaration does not restrict or limit any right to convey or encumber the declared homestead. A homestead declaration, when properly recorded, is…
• § 704.950 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a judgment lien on real property created pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 697.310) of Chapter…
• § 704.960 (a) If a declared homestead is voluntarily sold, the proceeds of sale are exempt in the amount provided by Section 704.730 for a period of six months after the…
• § 704.965 If a homestead declaration is recorded prior to the operative date of an amendment to Section 704.730 which increases the amount of the homestead exemption,…
• § 704.970 Whether or not a homestead declaration has been recorded: (a) Nothing in this article affects the right of levy pursuant to a writ of execution. (b) Any levy…
• § 704.980 (a) A declared homestead may be abandoned by a declaration of abandonment under this section, whether the homestead declaration was recorded pursuant to this…
• § 704.990 (a) A declared homestead is abandoned by operation of law as to a declared homestead owner if the declared homestead owner or a person authorized to act on…
• § 704.995 (a) The protection of the declared homestead from any creditor having an attachment lien, execution lien, or judgment lien on the dwelling continues after the…